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Shut it off before the next retry.
These are the same checks we run in the first hour of a $250 assessment. Use them while the blast radius is still small.
Oct 21, 2026 · Alan Woodyard
Why Your Customer Service Bot Is Offering 50% Off (And How to Lock It Down)
Take write tools away from the support model, add a hard refusal, and keep checkout on a system the bot cannot edit.
Oct 7, 2026 · Alan Woodyard
How to Kill a Runaway Zapier or Make Loop Before It Drains Your Card
Turn the Zap off, open a circuit breaker, move polling from 1 minute to 15, and dedupe on a stable key before the next retry hits your card.